Richard Ford
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The idea of universal rights, rights shared by all, regardless of nationality, creed, wealth, or geography, has a powerful grip on the way many people feel about justice and global politics. No one should be subjected to torture or disappearance, to starvation or sex trafficking, to economic exploitation or biased treatment under the law. But when it comes to actually enforcing these rights, the results rarely resemble the ideal. In this book, the...
Publisher
SNI/SI Networks
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
This documentary recounts the role of the Federal Writers Project as the largest cultural experiment in the nation's history. Program focuses on the role played by writers who recorded local and oral histories all over the nation, many finding national acclaim as a result.